-- NEW YORK -- Mattel Inc. is set to announce the recall of a Chinese-made toy as early as Tuesday because it may contain excessive amounts of lead paint. The expected announcement would mark the second recall involving lead paint by the world's largest toy maker within two weeks.**********
The latest recall, whose details could not be immediately learned, involves a different Chinese supplier, according to three people close to the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.
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Prof. Johnson at Dartmouth said buyers may be able to thoroughly enforce outside standards in China only by having their own people working and living at facilities -- not by simply conducting the periodic audits that many smaller toymakers have come to rely on.**********
"You flip on the lights and the cockroaches disappear," he said. "And the factories often know that the lights are getting switched on beforehand."
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-- Indianapolis -- A leading supplier of toiletries for luxury hotels has recalled complimentary tubes of Chinese-made toothpaste worldwide after tests showed some contain a potentially toxic chemical.
The toothpaste was made in China by Ming Fai Enterprises International Co. Ltd.
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